William;
Here is a good place to start:
http://freepctech.com/guides.shtml
this page is on the site maintained by the owners of this list
all manner of Faqs and Guides.
You will find the info you are seeking
If you still need help there are many experienced folks here on this
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<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Closure" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:27 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] EZ question re resources about changing hard drives


> I need to install brand new hard drive, and also installing existing hard
> drive as second one on HP8380.  Rather than asking all sorts of questions
> now, about how to do it (or attempting to do it, then asking all sorts of
> questions when the attempt goes south) can you guys (and dolls) point out
> some great (beginner) sites on how to install hard drives?

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